Quotes by Bill Wilson

Bill Wilson (b. 1948) — Pastor und Gründer von Metro World Child · Evangelikal / Pfingstlich · USA

Bill Wilson (* 1948) ist ein US-amerikanischer Pastor und Gründer des christlichen Kinderhilfswerks Metro World Child in New York. Bekannt wurde er durch die Entwicklung mobiler Strassensonntagsschulen und seinen langjährigen Einsatz für benachteiligte Kinder in sozialen Brennpunkten. Für Bibelleser steht sein Werk für eine praktische Zuwendung zu Notleidenden, wird nach seinem Rücktritt im Jahr 2024 wegen unangemessenen Verhaltens jedoch auch an den Massstäben geistlicher Integrität gemessen.

Era: Today

Recurring topics: Service & Love of Neighbour, Guidance & God's Will, Growth & Character, Relationships & Family, Courage & Strength, Witness & Mission, Temptation & Struggle, Church & Congregation

Quotes by Bill Wilson

It is much easier to shape boys and girls than to straighten out grown men and women.
Bill Wilson

God does not give you strength for the fight. He strengthens you through the fight.
Bill Wilson

Teaching methods and strategic programs are a waste of time if you don't truly care deeply for the young people you want to reach.
Bill Wilson

In most churches, answers are still being given to questions nobody asked.
Bill Wilson

What happens within us is more important than what happens to us.
Bill Wilson

It is easy to believe a theology that is never questioned. But it is better - far better - to believe a theology that has been questioned and has passed the test.
Bill Wilson

Do you want to receive a call from God? You can have one right now, simply by opening your eyes to a concrete need in your surroundings. Then go forward and give your whole life to that task. That is how one responds to God's calling.
Bill Wilson

If you want something you've never had, you must do something you've never done.
Bill Wilson

You can curse the darkness - or light a candle.
Bill Wilson

Over the years I have learned that God communicates his will in four different ways: through needs, through circumstances, through relationships, and through open doors.
Bill Wilson

For me there is only one way to lead people - working shoulder to shoulder with them.
Bill Wilson

If you want to win a battle, you must first spend time alone with God.
Bill Wilson

If you are waiting for a supernatural revelation, or a bolt out of the blue, you may be waiting a long time.
Bill Wilson

It is much easier to drop a dollar in the offering basket than to actually get involved in serving yourself.
Bill Wilson

If someone matters to you, let them know it while they are alive. You never know when you'll get the chance again.
Bill Wilson

If we want to see the coming generation transformed, we must instill values in children while they are still young.
Bill Wilson

There are problems only Jesus can solve.
Bill Wilson

Every Christian should be ready to do something when they see a need in their own surroundings.
Bill Wilson

When people care more about themselves than about those around them, society begins to falter.
Bill Wilson

What a person does is the direct reflection of what they are.
Bill Wilson

If the upbringing of our children does not undergo a fundamental revolution, the nation will collapse from within. Our end will not be brought about by economic collapse, but by moral bankruptcy.
Bill Wilson

The great problem of mission in America is that many Christians believe missionaries are people who have had visions and supernatural encounters with God.
Bill Wilson

Don't talk about wanting to do something. We have seen enough talkers in Christianity. Stand up and act.
Bill Wilson

When a church cares mainly about its own well-being and the preservation of its traditions, there is soon no reason left for such a church to exist at all. That is why today's Christian churches must passionately commit themselves to people. That alone is the church's hope.
Bill Wilson

Sources: wikipedia.org, hillsidemedford.org, csmpublishing.org, metroworldchild.org

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